Lutheran Service Society Of New York

Programs: Medicaid service coordination - this service is provided for developmentally disabled adults. This program provides staff who access services for, advocate for, and ensure the rights of developmentlly disabled individuals.

other program services:counseling services - this program assists individuals and families to address and overcome mental health issues such as personality adjustments, relationships, greif, stress, trauma, depression and chronic illness, and provides skills to manage problems, offers effective resolutions for past trauma and education to work through origin of family issues. Group psychotherapy is also offered to deal with issues related to self-esteem and anger. Adoption services - this program provides home study investigation, reports, decision making consultation, and follow-up reports for persons interested in pursuing international adoptions. The program also places children from orphanages in poland with loving, approved, u. S. Families. Also provided is nys adoption registry filing for individuals who were adopted in new york state. Substance abuse program - provides a comprehensive face-to-face assessment and clinical evaluation as well as recommendations for a couse of treatment to individuals sufffering from a dependency on drugs or alcohol. Lutheran manor apartments - affordable rental property for elderly. Other social services

pastoral/spiritual care (faces)- providing an opportunity for people with intellectual and other disabilities to celebrate their faith in god via activities, connections, expression and song in a number of settings.